Improved school-desk



*cette @duited /E)" ware JOHN PEARD, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 86,440, dated Fcmmy 2, 1869.

IMPROVED SCHOOL-DESK.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHNVPEARD, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in School-Desks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, Whichwill enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

The iigure is a vertical section of my improved desk.

My invention has for its objectvto furnish an iinproved school-desk, which shall'be strong, convenient, and so constructed that the desk and seat-boards, either or both, can'be folded up out ofthe way, orthe deskboard be turned up to serve as an easel; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the various-parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

A are the standards or end-frames, which are designed to be formed of cast-iron, and are secured to the floor of the room in the ordinary manner.

B is the seat-board, the ends of which are secured to the iron seat-arms C, which are pivoted to the forward arms or parts of the standards A, at points between the central line and rear edge of the seat-board, so that when the seat is turned up into the position shown in red in the figure, the said seatfiyoard may be at such a distance from the back-board of the desk as to leave a space between it and the said back-board more than sufficient to receive it and the desk-board.

The rear ends of' the seat-arms C projectin the rear of the rear edge of the seat-board B, and have outwardly-projecting pins, G, attached to or formed upon their rear ends, which enter curved grooves, a', in the inner sides of the standards A, which said grooves are of such a length that when the stop-pins c are in the upper ends of said grooves, the seat-board B will be supported in propel' position for use as a seat; and when the said stop-pins are in the. lower ends of the said grooves, the seat-board will be in a vertical position, as shown in red in the iig-ure, being stopped by said pins before it can swing back far enough to strike against the back-board D or the desk-board E when turned down, thus preserving the parts of the desk from being marred, or having the varnish injured in this way.

E is the desk-board, the ends of whichare attached to the arms F, the forward ends of which are pivoted to the upper part of the standards A, so that the desk- When it is desired to use the desk-board E as auA easel for drawing-purposes, the desk-hoard E may be supported 'in proper position by supports H, which have a hook formed upon their upper-ends1 to hookover the edge of the desk-board E, and a hook upon their lower ends, to hook over the edge of the stationary part G of the desk-top,

' If desired, the supports H may he made in two parts, sliding upon each other, so that theirlength may be increased or diminished, to support the desk-board E at any desired angle.

Having thusvdescribed my invention, p

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, Iisf 1 Pivoting the arms F of the desk-board E to the standards A, substantially in the manner herein shown and described, that 'is to say, in such a way that the desk-boardmay bevturned over to lie along the backboard D, o'r supported at any desired angle, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. Supporting the desk-board E in an elevated po` sition by means ofthe supports H, or equivalent snpports, substantiallv as herein shown and described, and

for the purposes set forth.

3. The desk-board E, in combination with the deskseat B, as and for the purpose herein described.

The above specification of my invention Asigned by nie, this 8th day of December, 1868.

JOHN PEARD. Witnesses: v

ALEX. F. ROBERTS, J AMEs T. GRAHAM. 

